MicroGroks
This story from the June 29th Union Leader about a man arrested for using tapes from security cameras installed at his home offers a chilling revealation about private property rights if you think about it for a moment: A Nashua man is facing two felony charges for allegedly using secret video cameras to tape police …
It has long been held that in the political world, news less than positive or not beneficial to the powers that be is best released over the weekend when a large segment of the population is otherwise occupied “pursuing happiness.” This is true whether talking about the national, state, or local levels of government and their …
If anybody happens to read the “about Doug” link on this blog, they will note several references to “rock ‘n roll” in my bio. That’s right- in addition to being a political commentator (junkie, really), my other love (besides God, family, and country, which come first, of course) is music. Not playing it, mind you- …
One of my favorite thinkers and authors is Michael Ledeen. His recent book, The War Against the Terror Masters, demonstrates his knowledge and understanding of our war against the Islamofascists. Ledeen’s latest column takes up the same point I made in yesterday’s posting about the potential dangers posed by the presence of a mosque. In …
In the classic ancient Chinese text of military strategy, The Art of Warfare, Sun-Tzu advises an attacking force: “Revise your strategy according to the changing posture of the enemy to determine the course and outcome of the battle… At first be like a modest maiden, and the enemy will open his door; Afterward be as …
For the President, it was “perhaps the single busiest day of his whole presidential life, and it came moreover at dead center of what was perhaps his period of deepest gloom and perplexity of spirit. Not only was there political division within his party, and even within his own official family,” the military was unable …
Back in March, I wrote in my Daily Sun column, “What if, while patiently waiting and planning the next big “hit,” our enemy was able to unleash small, individual attacks randomly throughout the US? Is it possible that the radical Islamo-fascists could unleash such attacks with virtually no coordination or planning, meaning no direct contact or communication …
The June 5th "Citizen" (Laconia,NH) newspaper published an editorial regarding NH’s continued status as having the lowest overall tax burden in the Nation. In it, the paper writes, "Imagine the relief we will feel in knowing the additional taxes we are paying are mitigated by the knowledge that our pockets are being picked at a …
Monday’s Laconia Daily Sun carried a story headlined, “New Hampshire residents pay least local taxes nationally.” The article, reporting on a recent study of 2004 US Census economic data, is at the same time both good news and bad news. The good news is just what the article reports: “New Hampshire residents pay less of …
There is no end to the meaningless pap dished out in the government school systems under the guise of "education." Click here to read the latest installment from over in the Newfound School District.
